All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2007 // Agents might think they have their hands full trying to attract and retain quality employees, but they are not alone. Insurance carriers face challenges in getting and keeping quality agents, too.For a company like St....
Dec 23 2007 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected 2008 officers during their meeting in Houston. The newly elected officers, who will assume their duties following the completion of the NAIC...
Dec 23 2007 // New Jersey auto insurance agents would no longer need to offer clients quotes from each company they represent under a bill awaiting signature of Gov. Jon S. Corzine.The bill, backed by both the Independent Insurance...
Dec 23 2007 // Recent snow and rain at many people’s doorsteps signal that it’s the high season for snowbirds to flock south for the winter. And those driving beyond the border into Mexico during this peak season should seek...
Dec 23 2007 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected 2008 officers during their meeting in Houston. The newly elected officers, who will assume their duties following the completion of the NAIC...
Dec 23 2007 // As agents and brokers embark upon the strategic planning process for 2008, organic growth initiatives remain at the forefront for the nation’s fastest growing organizations. Such organizations are not complacent upon...
Dec 23 2007 // Toledo, Ohio-based privately held commercial insurance brokerage, the Hylant Group, has named John W. Chaney as president of the Cleveland office and regional vice president.Chaney will be responsible for the overall...
Dec 23 2007 // Robert P. Page of Houma, La., was installed as president of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National).Page, co-owner of Charles A. Page and Sons Insurance Agency in Houma, has served on the...
Dec 23 2007 // The number of reported house fires and fire-related deaths in Michigan increased last year, with many homeowners not maintaining working smoke alarms, according to a report released by the Michigan Association of Insurance...
Dec 23 2007 // In 2007, buyers of insurance reaped in the rewards of a soft insurance market. But for agents and brokers the soft market meant lower premiums, lower commissions and a battle to retain renewal business. Will 2008 bring...
Dec 23 2007 // Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Services and will manage its newly created Chicago district offices....
Dec 23 2007 // It’s that time of year — predictions about everything from the economy to politics run rampant with a new year. Predicting the future is never easy. But there are some issues facing the independent agency system in...
Dec 23 2007 // Kelly Russell, a director and chief affiliation officer for the Leavitt Group, pondered the question put before him: What would most people be surprised to learn about the nation’s 15th largest brokerage firm?...
Dec 23 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California, and an American pilot from Virginia...
Dec 23 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Dec 21 2007 // Massachusetts officials say they have won a $4 million judgment against a large Boston-based insurance broker over questionable compensation and reinsurance practices.Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office reported...
Dec 21 2007 // San Diego-based Cavignac & Associates has named Matthew Noonan a new broker in the employee benefits department. Prior to joining Cavignac & Associates, Noonan served worked with John Burnham Insurance, in San...
Dec 21 2007 // A Michigan-based insurer has been fined $230,000 by the Conneticut Department of Insurance for failing to make sure agents were licensed and appointed to sell policies in the state.Foremost Insurance Co., which specializes...
Dec 21 2007 // Cullman County, Ala., Commissioner Wayne Willingham won the Republican nomination for Alabama House District 12 and advances to the general election Jan. 29 against Democrat James C. Fields.In light voting in the...
Dec 20 2007 // Wells Fargo & Co.’s Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. reports it has bought four insurance agencies.The insurance brokerage acquired Technology Insurance Services Inc., Redwood City, Calif; Rogers &...